Appendix for Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels
109 Pages Posted: 19 Dec 2023 Last revised: 21 Feb 2025
Date Written: February 21, 2025
Abstract
This Appendix contains additional discussion on the value of area-SES measures in predicting health outcomes, on other area-SES measures we did not study; on replication for the measures we did study; documentation and details on datasets and empirical specifications, and and additional results for Franchi et al. (2024), Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4547382.
Keywords: Socio-economic status, SES, SES measures, Graham Social Deprivation Index, Area Deprivation Index, Social Vulnerability Index; percent in poverty, Townsend Deprivation Index.
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Appendix for Comparing Area-Level Socio-Economic Status Indices: Predictive Power Across Health Outcomes and Geographic Levels
(February 21, 2025). Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-25, Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research Working Paper 23-43, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4547384 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4547384